“I’m worried … [that] not enough women have what it takes to behave like arrogant self-aggrandizing jerks. … They aren’t just bad at behaving like arrogant self-aggrandizing jerks. They are bad at behaving like self-promoting narcissists, anti-social obsessives, or pompous blowhards, even a little bit, even temporarily, even when it would be in their best interests to do so.” (What, doesn’t he know any opera singers?)
Tag: 01.15.10
Information Overload – The Risks Of Too Much Information
As certain scientists and philosophers see it, the discovery and dissemination of knowledge is far from being an unqualified boon. We might be in danger of knowing too much. “Information can potentially be extremely dangerous,”
What Happens When A Trustee Disappears
“It is really difficult when you have a board of one. A lot of things can happen. That’s why most nonprofits have larger boards, so decisions are not made on personalities.”
The Doge’s Palace, With The Grime Removed
“Venice’s Palazzo Ducale has been restored by experts, who cleaned marble facades and uncovered hidden shades of colour and gold.”
The Newbie’s Guide To Kenneth MacMillan
“He was by nature a storyteller (even his most abstract ballets have suggestions of plot and character); but don’t look for the familiar balletic pleasure of yearning hearts and idealised loves. Instead, you’ll find corrupted innocents, social hypocrites, murderers and whores aplenty – as well as incest and rape.”
NY City Ballet’s Salonen ‘World Premiere’: Oh, Really?
The company recently announced that its spring 2010 season would include a “world premiere” with choreography by Peter Martins and a score by Esa-Pekka Salonen. As it turns out, said score is Salonen’s Violin Concerto, co-commissioned by NYCB but premiered last April by the L.A. Philharmonic at Disney Hall.
Helgi Tomasson’s 25 Years At SF Ballet
“In 1985, the San Francisco Ballet took a huge risk in appointing Helgi Tomasson as its artistic director.” He had had a very distinguished career as a dancer, but had very little experience either choreographing or running a company. “Still, as Tomasson will remind you occasionally, he descends from tough Viking stock.”
A Design Seminar In The Palm Of Your Hand
The Cooper-Hewitt’s latest show “offers an array of objects and oddities, from household appliances to models for the sets of the musical Hairspray, punctuated by screens showing Web sites in action … But the bulk of the exhibition takes place in the palm of your hand, on a specially programmed iPod Touch … [which] turns the museum into your own private rabbit hole.”
Under Labour Or Tories, Future Of Arts Funding Is Tough
“Speaking at the first ever State of the Arts Conference, organised by the Royal Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce and Arts Council England, culture secretary Ben Bradshaw and his shadow Jeremy Hunt both gave speeches in which they warned of a more difficult climate for arts funding over the next decade.”
UK’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra In Danger Of Folding
“For almost half a century the NYJO has been nurturing the next generation of British musicians. Although its musical stock is as high as ever … it is facing bankruptcy and could collapse within the next few months, The Times has learnt.”